Ligue 1 Recap: Caen upset Monaco, Amiens hold Bordeaux

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Mar 31, 2019 | 11:25 AM

|PARIS

Caen's French forward Enzo Crivelli (L) celebrates after scoring a goal during the French L1 football match between Monaco and Caen on March 31, 2019 at the Louis II Stadium in Monaco. (VALERY HACHE / AFP/Getty Images)

Forward Enzo Crivelli scored the winner as Caen upset Monaco 1-0 in the French league to move out of the relegation zone on Sunday.

Caen had started the day bottom of the standings but Crivelli made the most of a superb cross from captain Faycal Fajr to beat goalkeeper Danijel Subasic with a header in the 23rd minute for his sixth goal this season.

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The result lifted Caen to 18th place, seven points behind Monaco.

The hosts enjoyed most of the possession in the first half but were only able to pepper Caen's area with inoffensive crosses as Radamel Falcao was too often left on his own in the box.

Monaco improved after the interval and Caen goalkeeper Brice Samba pulled off three decisive saves to deny efforts from Kamil Glik, Carlos Vinicius and Stevan Jovetic.